Criminal justice clients in Denver often end up in drug rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many courts put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating them will be more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than sending them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be quite workable not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Denver, but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.